mittimus
a warrant of commitment to prison.
a writ for removing a suit or a record from one court to another.
Origin of mittimus
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How to use mittimus in a sentence
He informed us that the Judge had made out a mittimus and sentenced us to jail for treason.
Prisoners were here thrust into jail without a regular mittimus, the jailer having to send for one some days after.
This made him alter his purpose, and by a new mittimus sent us to the House of Correction at Wycombe.
The History of Thomas Ellwood | Thomas EllwoodVnde mittimus in Angliam literas domini imperatoris super hijs patentes, vobis & cæteris amicis nostris beneuolis.
Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (6 of 12) | Raphael HolinshedI must make out this young woman's mittimus, and have her confined until the grand jury sit.'
British Dictionary definitions for mittimus
/ (ˈmɪtɪməs) /
law a warrant of commitment to prison or a command to a jailer directing him to hold someone in prison
Origin of mittimus
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